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| 5/10/2013Market Performance |
| Municipal Bonds |
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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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| S&P/BGCantor US Treasury Bond |
400.09 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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Tax-Exempt 10-Year Municipal Bonds Poised for Biggest Gain in Six Weeks |
Bloomberg - Oct. 21, 2011 - By Michelle Kaske
Municipal bonds are set for their biggest rally since early September as issuance slowed following the busiest sales week of the year.
Yields on top-rated 10-year bonds were 2.42 percent today, down 15 basis points from last week, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s the biggest drop since the week ending Sept. 9, when yields fell 16 basis points. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.
Yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, dropped this week because investors grabbed tax-exempt bonds for their relative value compared with Treasury debt, Chip Peebles, head of retail trading at Morgan Keegan Inc. in Memphis, Tennessee, said in a telephone interview. The ratio between tax- exempt rates and federal bond yields was 111 percent, above this year’s average of 95 percent, as of Oct. 20.
“Between the confluence of absolute yields and the percentage to Treasuries, the market became very attractive,” Peebles said. “So we got both traditional and crossover buyers coming in this week with a somewhat limited supply.”
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